Sunday, 11 March 2012

The Adventures of David

Last Saturday David had a really fun day.  He spent the morning catching lizards and crickets with his friends followed by chasing chickens!


The night before I had been reading some stories to the kids in the home and one was about honey.  I asked them if they had tried honey and they hadn't so David Mike and Mweyma enjoyed honey sandwiches!  They loved them!








Later on David made an awesome swing using a coconut branch!  He loved it!


This is him sleeping peacefully after a very happy day.



Sadly on Monday he developed a nasty skin infection with blisters appearing on his leg and on his face.  They were spreading fast, literally appearing in front of our eyes!  As always with kids it got rapidly worse at night and we knew he needed medical attention quick!  There is no 999 to phone here or no casualty to get to quickly but thankfully there is a very lovely Dr in the local village.  It did however mean John and David venturing out in the dark so I was at home panicking that they would be safe!  They had our friend Dennis looking after them and I knew he would take good care but normally here we would never go out after dark.  Thankfully David is now a lot better.  He wasn't allowed out all week which as you can imagine for David was a very big challenge!  It is scary being ill in a foreign place, another reminder of the things we took for granted at home.  However we are so thankful to have good caring friends we can call on and a very good Doctor nearby.

2 comments:

  1. Hi David, So good to know that you are feeling better and that your rash is starting to go now and that you have friends like Dennis to look after you. You look like your having a great time and making some fab friends. I love honey too :) I have it on toast. I like you photo's and video too. Look forward to reading your next blog, love Sally xxx

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  2. Poor Davey! I'm glad you're feeling better. I think you should ask your dad to start keeping bees so you can have honey every day! :o)

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